Triceps Pressdown
Trains the triceps. You need a machine. None of our programs use it yet, but you can add it to any session you build.
Free to use. The app works out every weight and times your rest.
In the programs
None of our programs use the Triceps Pressdown
It is in the app, so you can add it to any session and log it like anything else. It is just not written into one of our 50 free programs. If you want a triceps exercise that is, there are 12 on the Triceps page.
Muscles worked
What Triceps Pressdown trains
Technique
How to do the Triceps Pressdown
- Stand facing a cable machine with a straight or angled bar attached to the high pulley. Grasp the bar with an overhand grip, hands shoulder-width apart, and tuck your elbows close to your sides with your forearms parallel to the floor.
- Keeping your upper arms stationary, press the bar down by extending your elbows until your arms are fully extended.
- Pause briefly at the bottom, squeezing your triceps.
- Slowly return the bar to the starting position with control. Repeat for the desired number of repetitions.
Form cues
Getting it right
- Keep your elbows pinned to your sides throughout; only your forearms should move.
- Avoid leaning over the bar or using your body weight to press it down.
- Exhale as you press down and inhale as you return to the start.
- Squeeze your triceps fully at the bottom of each repetition.
Substitutes
Swap Triceps Pressdown for
The app's swap picker ranks these the same way: same muscles, similar movement, similar equipment.
Let the app run the Triceps Pressdown for you
Durata picks the weight, times your rest and adds load when you earn it. That works on any of our 50 free programs, or on a session you put together yourself.